Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's the real problem Chris - you wandered into that cathedral of consumerism. :-) On 9/29/06 3:15 PM, "Chris Saganich" <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote: > Yes, the work resembles the FSA in many ways. Normally this sort of thing > wouldn't bother me. Normally I wouldn't be wondering around such a > place. I have to be more careful. > Chris > > At 12:36 PM 9/29/2006, you wrote: >> Two questions- what were the images? And how many people would be exposed >> to >> them without them being at the Time-Warner mall at Columbus Circle? >> >> Remember that the photography we so admire from the FSA group from the >> 30's >> was, unlike Salgado's work, PR work to begin with - photos-to-order, paid >> for by the government, to convince people of the necessity for passing >> certain legislation. ;-) >> >> >> On 9/29/06 12:11 PM, "Chris Saganich" <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote: >> >>> So I happened to be wondering through the Time-Warner mall at Columbus >>> Circle last week when I spied a lot of giant Salgado prints on display, >>> (he >>> once used a Leica). On each image there was a small caption about the >>> image and a plug for Illy, which I had never heard of before. I assumed >>> Illy was some group sponsoring the exhibit. At the conclusion of the >>> exhibit there was a coffee bar, an Illy coffee bar. I was unhappy to >>> realize the whole thing was a PR campaign. Now the question shot into my >>> mind...is this right? I looked around at the mall and the shops and all >>> the people sipping the Illy coffee and then at the Salgado prints again >>> and >>> the prints became reduced to corporate PR and I was angry. Flame me all >>> you want but I realized two things - consumption has replaced democracy, >>> and the image is the driving force behind consumption. It's all so rude. >>> >>> Chris Saganich - not happy with the world these days. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > chs2018@med.cornell.edu > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > Office A-0049 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information